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7th May 2020

Welcome to the St James Primary School's E-News, a weekly roundup of the latest goings on at the school.

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Dear Parents,

As we head into the bank holiday weekend,  I hope you manage to find time to be  together and think about VE day tomorrow with the children. This can be as simple as talking about what the day commemorates to looking at some of the activities on DB Primary set by the teachers. There is a specific VE day page with lots of ideas. 

Working with my two grown-up children at home, one working from home and one studying, along with my husband, also home working, makes home life very interesting at times!  I can only imagine that if you are trying to work and ensure the children have some home learning, it must feel incredibly challenging.  I don't want anyone to feel under pressure to get their children to complete all the work set by the teachers, and the teachers themselves understand and appreciate this too.  Learning happens in many ways and taking the dog for a walk and looking at nature is just as valuable as completing a maths activity. 

We are already planning for the children's return and will be taking into account the many different home experiences they will have had. Our primary aim is to welcome the children back to school and make them feel happy and secure.  We  know this could take some time. 

Best wishes,

Valerie Elliott

School Notices

  • VE Day photos - we would love to see photographs of your VE Day celebrations.  Please send them to info@st-james-elstead.surrey.sch.uk so that we can display them in a collage next week.  Please make sure that you have the permission of anyone in the photographs for us to do this. 
  • Online Family Service - this week the 10am Zoom Church Service is a Family Service.  The theme this week is 'Our Wonderful World'.  It will be interactive and Rev Hannah and St James Church would love to welcome lots of families.  Please join them by clicking here.

  Letters this week

The following classes have had letters uploaded to the Parent Portal this week.  Note: You will need to login to view this area.

  • Whole school
  • Y1 - Y3

 

Clap For Carers Gallery

Thank you to everyone who sent their photos in this week.  They can all be seen in the gallery below.

 

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